Canada #60 >>21134614

Biden’s Canadian Border Surge Continues — May Arrests Up 422 Percent over Last Year

by Bob Price and Randy Clark 2 Jul 2024

The spread of Biden’s border crisis to the U.S.-Canada border continues its exponential growth. Swanton Sector agents arrested more than 3,300 migrants in June, up more than 420 percent from last June. Year-to-date arrests are up nearly 190 percent over the same period last year.

Swanton Sector agents apprehended more than 3,300 migrants during the month of June, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports obtained and reviewed by Breitbart Texas. This us up by more than 420 percent over the approximately 630 migrants apprehended in June 2023. It is also up by about 10 percent over last year’s record-breaking month for the sector.

So far this fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2023, Swanton Sector agents apprehended more than 12,850 migrants. This is up by nearly 190 percent from last year, the report states.

Swanton Sector Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia reported on social media that his agents have apprehended migrants from 85 nations this fiscal year. This includes migrants from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liberia, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Romania, Russia. Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Togo, Turkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Swanton Sector Border Patrol Agents have apprehended people from 85 countries since October 2023. Border Security Is National Security. Report Suspicious Border Activity in Swanton Sector by calling 1-800-689-3362@USBPChief@CBP@DHSgov pic.twitter.com/24XcDQ1zfE

— Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia (@USBPChiefSWB) June 26, 2024

The June arrest report represents the largest number of migrant encounters for any month in the sector’s history. The sector patrols the Canadian border with eastern New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. It actually exceeds the annual total for any fiscal year before the Biden administration.

Migrant apprehensions in the Swanton Sector rose exponentially during the Biden era. Garcia reported that the apprehensions during the month of April exceeded the combined annual totals of FY21 and FY22.

Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, Swanton Sector agents have arrested more than 21,000 migrants — more than all prior years dating back FY 2003 combined.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/07/02/bidens-canadian-border-surge-continues-may-arrests-up-422-percent-over-last-year/

Russia’s New ‘Combat Icebreaker’ Heads For Sea Trials

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – July 2, 2024

Russia continues to push forward with the rapid renewal and expansion of its icebreaker fleet. In addition to commissioning three new nuclear icebreakers in the last four years, with three more currently under construction, Russia’s first armed combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, is now headed for open water factory trials.

Ivan Papanin was laid down in 2017 and is expected to join Russia’s Northern Fleet by the end of 2024. Two additional vessels of the type are under construction for the naval units of the country’s border patrol.

“The patrol ship Ivan Papanin, built for the Russian Navy at the Admiralty Shipyards, has entered factory sea trials. During this stage of the trials, the functioning of the propulsion system and onboard equipment systems will be checked,” the Russia Ministry of Defense announced in a statement.

Unlike nuclear icebreaking vessels operated by state-owned Atomflot, which primarily serve to escort merchant vessels through the icy waters of the Northern Sea Route, the combat icebreakers are equipped with offensive capabilities. They include the 76mm AK-176MA gun and pre-installed launchers for Uran anti-ship and Kalibr-NK cruise missiles.

With a displacement of around 9,000 tonnes Ivan Papanin is around half the size of the delayed U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter.

Capable of breaking through five and a half feet of ice it will be able to access most of the Arctic Ocean unassisted, except during the depth of winter. Its capabilities are comparable to Norway’s Svalbard icebreaking patrol vessel, though the Russian counterpart will be much heavier armed.

Another new icebreaker also entered into service this week in China, bringing the country’s total number of research icebreakers to three, with a fourth under construction.

The Polar Class 6 vessel Ji Di follows Xue Long 1 and 2. The 5,600 tonnes Ji Di was constructed in just over two years following the awarding of the contract in March 2022. Its operations will be limited to summer and fall in first-year ice conditions.

A larger 9,200 tonnes Polar Class 4 icebreaker named Tan Suo San Hao is under construction simultaneously at the Guangzhou Shipyard. The vessel was launched in April 2024 and is expected to enter into service in 2025.

Meanwhile, a new U.S. icebreaker remains at least 6-7 years into the future, at the earliest. Recent Congressional hearings highlighted ongoing program delays and cost overruns, with construction yet to start more than five years after awarding the contract to VT Halter Marine, now Bollinger.

The Coast Guard’s sole heavy icebreaker, the 50-year old Polar Star, is currently undergoing another round of refurbishment to eke out a few more years of service.

“Major maintenance extends the service life of Polar Star beyond that of its original design,” the Coast Guard explained.

The service life extension program (SLEP) is conducted annually at Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, California. This year’s three-months program includes maintenance and overhaul of the HVAC system, electrical control stations for the boilers, and a complete redesign of the flooding alarm system.

The current refurbishment is the fourth out of five planned phases, which target propulsion, communication and machinery control systems.

Last year’s SLEP phase included installation of a new fire detection system to help contain and fight onboard fires. Polar Star was faced with an onboard fire in 2019.

https://gcaptain.com/russias-new-combat-icebreaker-heads-for-sea-trials/

>>21135540

Your feelings mean nothing here

>>21135607

>I wonder how the paid professional deep state morans assigned here feel when they get beaten by civilian amateurs. Regularly.

Their therapists now need therpaists

>>21135633

>>21135657

That is not a "surrendered" position

>>21135776

"…and Amber Sweet is addicted to the knife"

>>21135868

Cool story but you give me the impression you are off your meds

>>21136109

Only thing in the area is a sailing vessel named NOREASTER, but the track is over 12 hours old

>>21136131

What are the odds that Herc is one fitted with the bog old school infrared searchlights? At this hour I doubt recreational, maybe the sailboat ran into trouble or some smugglers

>>21136138 (me)

Seems the nearby airport is a Training Field, but all I got was a wikpedia hit for it

RCAF Detachment Grand Bend, located near Grand Bend, Ontario, was built in 1942 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was the primary relief aerodrome ("R1") for student pilots training with No. 9 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Centralia. Grand Bend was home to No. 1 Flying Control School from 1951 to 1957. The station was used by Centralia until 1961 when it began use with Canadian Army. It was given back to the RCAF in 1962 and was used by RCAF Station Centralia until the aerodrome closed in 1963. Subsequent owners of the property were Eagleson Construction, John Twynsta Holdings Ltd, POG Ltd (Pickling Onion Growers)and the Grand Bend Motorplex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCAF_Detachment_Grand_Bend